Definition of assault

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Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town..

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Saute :: Saute (n.) An assault.
Outrage :: Outrage (n.) Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female)..
Assaultable :: Assaultable (a.) Capable of being assaulted.
Onslaught :: Onslaught (n.) An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault..
Impregnable :: Impregnable (a.) Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue..
Offension :: Offension (n.) Assault; attack.
Rabble :: Rabble (v. t.) To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate..
Aggressive :: Aggressive (a.) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation..
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) An attack; an assault.
Violence :: Violence (v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel..
Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
Arms :: Arms (n.) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy..
Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title..
Expugnation :: Expugnation (n.) The act of taking by assault; conquest.
Murderous :: Murderous (a.) Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault..
Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..
Capable :: Capable (a.) Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault..
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